Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar
Indian Railway Station

Bhubaneswar Railway Station
Location Master Canteen, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India
Coordinates 20°15′56″N 85°50′35″E / 20.2656°N 85.8431°E / 20.2656; 85.8431Coordinates: 20°15′56″N 85°50′35″E / 20.2656°N 85.8431°E / 20.2656; 85.8431
Elevation Template:Convert 33.22m
Operated by Indian Railways
Line(s) Howrah-Chennai main line, Kharagpur-Puri line
Platforms 6
Tracks 8 Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code BBS
Zone(s) East Coast Railway
Division(s) Khurda Road
History
Opened 1896 (1896)
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) 150,000+
Location
Bhubaneswar Railway Station
Location of Bhubaneswar Railway Station in Odisha

Bhubaneswar railway station (BBS) serves Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha and it is the headquarters of the East Coast Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

History

During the period 1893 to 1896, 800 miles of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like Brahmani, Kathajodi, Kuakhai and Birupa.

Railways Reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[1] Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[2] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[2][3] Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.[2]

Infrastructure

Bhubaneswar railway platforms and tracks as seen from foot over bridge

Bhubaneswar Yard and Khurda Road-Bhubaneswar section was electrified in 2001-02. Bhubaneswar-Barang section was electrified in 2002-03.[4]

RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways provides high-speed public free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar railway station in partnership with Google. The service was inaugurated by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu accompanied by Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha, said the WiFi service will benefit 1.4 lakh visitors at Bhubaneswar station daily.[5]

Under Construction

The Bhubaneswar Railway Station will have a seven storey building with four upper class waiting halls to accommodate six hundred passengers, the two executive lounges will have a capacity to lodge hundred people, five second-class waiting halls, which will have a combined capacity of 1,000. In addition to all these, all the floors in the building will have retiring rooms and dormitories (both air-conditioned and general) with world class modern amenities. All the floors of the proposed station building will have multi-cuisine restaurants, bookshops, medicine counters, booking counters, tourism counters and kiosks of many different categories. The multi-storey parking facility will have a 4,000sqm basement to accommodate 3,200 scooters as well as cycles, while 900 cars can be parked from the second to seventh floor. The Government of Odisha have decided to make the Bhubaneswar Railway Station a world class railway station.

Nearby stations

Bhubaneswar has total 6 railway stations within its city limits at present.

Station Name Station Code Platforms
Bhubaneswar railway station BBS 6
Mancheswar MCS 4
Lingaraj Temple Road LGTR 2
Vani Vihar BNBH 2
Patia PTBA 2
Sarkantra SRKT 2

New Bhubaneswar

As Bhubaneswar railway station is getting saturated, a satellite passenger terminal is under construction at New Bhubaneswar (between Mancheswar and Barang). While Bhubaneswar railway station is located on the southern side of the city, New Bhubaneswar railway station would be located on the northern side.[6]

Traffic

Railway tracks of Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[7] The total number of halting trains in Bhubaneswar railway station is 173 and the total number of originating trains is 34.[8] More than 1.5 lakhs passengers commute through this railway station daily.

References

  1. ↑ "IR History: Part - III (1900 - 1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  2. 1 2 3 "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  3. ↑ "IR History: Part - IV (1947 - 1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  4. ↑ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Googles-free-Wi-Fi-service-arrives-at-Bhubaneswar-railway-station/articleshow/51864851.cms
  6. ↑ "'New Bhubaneswar' in the offing". The Hindu, 16 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  7. ↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  8. ↑ http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bhubaneswar-bbs/238

External links

Bhubaneswar travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
East Coast Railway zone


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